Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective

Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "the American Sherlock Holmes," will need all of his scientific expertise to solve these mysteries A railroad vice president and his chauffeur are struck with sudden and mysterious seizures on their way to work; a family in New York City suffers from a dangerous disease; the healthy American consul in the Virgin Islands collapses and dies without explanation; a Wall Street speculator is apparently stabbed to death with a rubber dagger. When facing an unsolvable mystery that defies all easy explanation, Professor Craig Kennedy, armed with his knowledge of chemistry, technology, and Freudian psychology, is just the man for the job. For more detective mysteries from Arthur B. Reeve, check out The Soul Scar and The Exploits of Elaine on audio from Blackstone Publishing and Skyboat Media.

Professor Craig Kennedy, known as the "American Sherlock Holmes," and Elaine try to track down the ruthless villain who murdered her father and has more sinister plans in mind ... Professor Craig Kennedy and his loyal sidekick, newspaper reporter Walter Jameson, first learn of the Clutching Hand and his gang when they investigate a string of murders involving the policyholders of Taylor Dodge's insurance company. After receiving a threatening note, Dodge himself is robbed and killed, and his daughter, Elaine, turns to Kennedy for help. Using the latest advances in forensic science, the professor uncovers the exotic and deadly scheme behind the murders. But when the Clutching Hand and his band of evildoers kidnap Elaine, Kennedy must shed his lab coat and leap into action before it's too late.

Sometimes called "the American Sherlock Holmes," Professor Craig Kennedy is a scientist detective based at Columbia University, where he applies his extensive knowledge of chemistry and psychology to the mysteries that come his way, and utilizes such cutting-edge devices as lie detectors and portable seismographs. Kennedy appears in eighteen detective novels, and in The Soul Scar, he may be up against his most perplexing case yet-trying to unravel a murder mystery through the analysis of a beautiful woman's dreams.